[dexwiz]

Aren't emojis supposed to replace words, kind of like abbreviations? What's the point of having a word and an emoji that mean the same thing right next to each other? I would never write, "want a hamburger :hamburger:?" Instead, I would just write, "want a :hamburger:?" This just seems like the worst of both worlds.

EDIT: HN doesn't seem to support emojis. Changed to a markdown like format instead.

[NoSorryCannot]

I don't use them this way. I use them to emote or in a way that's almost like punctuation. If I replace words, I'm probably being obnoxious on purpose.

[posix86]

The primary purpose of emojies are to add emotion to text that would otherwise be hard to convey, and for that they're useful even in documentation, in moderation.

[_kulang]

And yet, the first one is okay, and the second makes you look a mite out of touch (at least where I live). On could also simply send :hamburger:?